Table 3 Comparison of chlorpyrifos biodegradation efficiencies.

From: Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos using isolates  from contaminated agricultural soil, its kinetic studies

Study

Isolate used

Degradation (%)

Initial concentration (mg L1)

Time to degrade (days)

Present study

Bacillus cereus Ct3

87

125

8

Chishti et al.47

Enterobacter sp. SWLC2

87

100

18

Soares et al.48

Aspergillus sydowii CBMAI 935

32

192

10

Jin et al.49

Trametes versicolor

90

150

8

Gangola et al.50

Bacillus subtilis

95

200

15

Gao et al.51

Cladosporium cladosporioides Hu-01

>90

50

5

Kulshrestha and Kumari52

Acremonium sp. (GFRC-1)

84

300

20

Zhu et al.53

Bacillus licheniformis ZHU-1

100

100

14

Anwar et al.54

Bacillus pumilus C2A1

89

1000

15

Korade and Fulekar55

Pseudomonas nitroreducens PS-2

100

100

28

Fang et al.56

Verticillium sp. DSP

100

100

7

Li et al.57

Sphingomonas sp.

98

30

10